To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many mentors have taken part in the music mentoring programme in each of the last three years. (254434)

The pilot music mentoring programme began in 2006-07 and is led by Youth Music. Youth Music advises that the number of mentors that have taken part in the programme is as set out in the following table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people took part in the music mentoring programme in each year since 2006. (254437)

The pilot music mentoring programme began in 2006-07. This is led by Youth Music and has engaged over 1,000 young people in one to one, small group and large-scale mentoring activity in 14 areas in England. More than 700 positive outcomes have been recorded from the pilot phase, with around 180 of those linked to further education, training or employment or other transferable skills.